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>> quite a big one, contessa. we can report that earlier this morning the house call center the communication arm of the house in charge of all the house telephones sent out an email to members saying quote, due to the high volume of external calls to the house telephone circuits they are near capacity. some members should be receiving busy signals. several house websites crashed specifically that of speaker of the house john boehner. the question is whether or not it will transfer into some sort of change of what the status quo is right now and that really is both sides digging in quite rigidly on their plans. democrats supporting harry reid's plan the $2.7 trillion cut across the board. republicans in favor of john boehner's plan, with an extension of the debt limit. that's where both sides are still very much. >> kristen, let's talk with you about where the white house goes from here. can they capitalize on this? the people are willing to go online -- i had trouble getting on the house website today maybe not c
>> quite a big one, contessa. we can report that earlier this morning the house call center the communication arm of the house in charge of all the house telephones sent out an email to members saying quote, due to the high volume of external calls to the house telephone circuits they are near capacity. some members should be receiving busy signals. several house websites crashed specifically that of speaker of the house john boehner. the question is whether or not it will transfer into...
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we have a big show tomorrow. on the show, senate budget committee chairman kent conrad and congressman tom price from the budget committee, and former white house deputy press secretary bill burton and the new york times business reporter andrew sorkin and lawrence o'donnell host of "last word with lawrence o'donnell" on msnbc, and my colleague tamron hall is off today, and thomas roberts is standing in for her. >> we are following the latest at the white house where lawmakers are trying to come to a compromise. now in order to prevent default which is seven days away, what happens if america's credit rating is ultimately downgraded. >>> and david wu says he is resigning from office amid a sex scandal, but not immediately, and we will have details on "newsnation" up next. 3q double shift... i need a break. he needs some gellin'. yeahhhhhhh. gellin' is like having a teeny tiny foot masseuse in your shoe. you like ? nice ! dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles. outrageous comfort, all-day long. but afraid you can't af
we have a big show tomorrow. on the show, senate budget committee chairman kent conrad and congressman tom price from the budget committee, and former white house deputy press secretary bill burton and the new york times business reporter andrew sorkin and lawrence o'donnell host of "last word with lawrence o'donnell" on msnbc, and my colleague tamron hall is off today, and thomas roberts is standing in for her. >> we are following the latest at the white house where lawmakers...
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it is a big deal. i think that even if a deal is reached, and i believe there will be one and listening to geithner and members of both sides of the aisle saying that we will not default does not mean that the rating agencies will not downgrade u.s. debt which calls in whole other set of questions from the breadth of the full faith and credit and the collateral issue and the mandate of a lot of of the pension funds and insurance funds to only own triple aç securities is more of the shorter term concern. >> but the longer it goes on, one imagines the longer it affects the markets, and today, all of the markets are down? >> well, it is down, but it is a fairly benign reaction given some of the extreme assumptions of when the asian markets were opening that it is a real disaster. the markets are telling you that they have faith that something is going to get done here and you are seeing it on the equities side and the fixed income side in terms of the ten-year treasury yield, and yeah, it is down, but n
it is a big deal. i think that even if a deal is reached, and i believe there will be one and listening to geithner and members of both sides of the aisle saying that we will not default does not mean that the rating agencies will not downgrade u.s. debt which calls in whole other set of questions from the breadth of the full faith and credit and the collateral issue and the mandate of a lot of of the pension funds and insurance funds to only own triple aç securities is more of the shorter...
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. >>> now to washington, a big meeting on the hill tomorrow. leaders from both sides of the aisle will come together to try a break a deadlock over the nation's debt. yesterday president obama made a rare appearance in the white house briefing room to urge lawmakers to show up with the right attitude. >> it's my hope to everybody's going to leave their ultimatums at the door. they will leave political rhetoric at the door and we're going to do what's best for our economy and do what's best for our people. >> house speaker john boehner put out this tough statement quote saying, i am happy at the moment to discuss these issues at the white house, but these discussions will be fruitless until the president recognizes economic and legislative reality. luke russert covers capitol hill for us. luke, part of that discussion is the mini deal with senators reid and mcconnell were discussing earlier. where does that stand in this discussion so far? >> it's interesting, one of the things that is being thrown up on capitol hill is somewhat of a mini deal.
. >>> now to washington, a big meeting on the hill tomorrow. leaders from both sides of the aisle will come together to try a break a deadlock over the nation's debt. yesterday president obama made a rare appearance in the white house briefing room to urge lawmakers to show up with the right attitude. >> it's my hope to everybody's going to leave their ultimatums at the door. they will leave political rhetoric at the door and we're going to do what's best for our economy and do...
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chris: when we come back, this week's big question. the president has lost voters who can give him hope in the country's economic future three years ago. can he re-inspire them again next year? be right back. these sweet honey clustery things have fiber? fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh, try the number one! i've never heard of that. [ wife ] it's great. it's a sweet honey cereal, you'll love it. yeah, this is pretty good. are you guys alright? yeah. [ male announcer ] half a days worth of fiber. not that anyone has to know. fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. chris: welcome back. take a look at this stunnin
chris: when we come back, this week's big question. the president has lost voters who can give him hope in the country's economic future three years ago. can he re-inspire them again next year? be right back. these sweet honey clustery things have fiber? fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh, try the number one! i've never heard of that. [ wife ] it's great. it's a sweet honey cereal, you'll love it. yeah, this is pretty...
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look, it's not the big companies anymore that are engaged in international competition. it's the small and medium businesses that are, too. we just feel that if we keep taxing our job creators, our businesses, at higher rates than our foreign competitors are taxing theirs, it will cost us economic growth. more to the point, when we keep raising taxes in washington, for ephemeral promises that never materialize, we are not fixing the problem. >> let me get to that topic. the "wall street journal" says even the $600 billion in spending cuts in stage one are worth grabbing as part of a debt ceiling vote. more broadly, democrats in the gang are making a big concession by saying the tax rate should go down, not up. >> i agree with that. >> even obama-care must be reformed. why not grab what you can? >> that's what i want to do. >> and worry about reducing the taxes down the road. >> i think that's what we're going to do. >> if they don't materialize, you can revert and raise taxes down the road. >> i think that's what we should do is grab the kind of spending cuts we can righ
look, it's not the big companies anymore that are engaged in international competition. it's the small and medium businesses that are, too. we just feel that if we keep taxing our job creators, our businesses, at higher rates than our foreign competitors are taxing theirs, it will cost us economic growth. more to the point, when we keep raising taxes in washington, for ephemeral promises that never materialize, we are not fixing the problem. >> let me get to that topic. the "wall...
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. >> big difference between talking and getting stuff done. and i get stuff done. >> it's the latest chantner the rivalry of the two minnesota candidates for the republican presidential nomination, which boiled over yesterday, with pawlenty having spent almost two weeks saying bachmann has no congressional accomplishments to speak of, bachmann had enough. in a sunday statement, she fired back saying "i've fought against irresponsible spending while governor pawlenty was leading a multimillion dollar budget mess in minnesota." later the bachmann campaign added on healthcare mandates, climate change and wall street bail-outs there's very little daylight between governor pawlenty's record and the obama administration's." this back and forth comes with pawlenty still trailing bachmann in the polls. for bachmann, the verbal sparring seems to come with at least some risk. it will likely draw even more attention to the iowa straw poll, less than three weeks away, and pawlenty seems to have the advantage of a larger, deeper iowa organization. the stra
. >> big difference between talking and getting stuff done. and i get stuff done. >> it's the latest chantner the rivalry of the two minnesota candidates for the republican presidential nomination, which boiled over yesterday, with pawlenty having spent almost two weeks saying bachmann has no congressional accomplishments to speak of, bachmann had enough. in a sunday statement, she fired back saying "i've fought against irresponsible spending while governor pawlenty was leading...
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>> big questions and murdoch is certainly the big figure in all of this. thank you so much. >> and new york yankees' slugger derek jeter about to join an exclusive club. only 27 major league players have ever reached 3,000 career hits. he got a little bit closer two hit ways from becoming the first player to reach that milestone as the yankee. if you ned another bullet point on his resume, there's henry kissen jer out there. >>> who had the worst week in washington? not derek jeter. he had a great week. that's next on "andrea mitchell my doctor told me calcium is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. for the effi♪ nt absorption my body needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. yeah. well we're the two active ingredients in zegerid otc. i'm omeprazole. and i'm sodium bicarbonate. just one pill a day ... gives you 24-hour relief. & one mis
>> big questions and murdoch is certainly the big figure in all of this. thank you so much. >> and new york yankees' slugger derek jeter about to join an exclusive club. only 27 major league players have ever reached 3,000 career hits. he got a little bit closer two hit ways from becoming the first player to reach that milestone as the yankee. if you ned another bullet point on his resume, there's henry kissen jer out there. >>> who had the worst week in washington? not...
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big in many ways is just as harded as doing something small. we've said we could fall short of that goal. it may not be achievable. we could in the aftermath fight for something significant and tax and entitlement reform. and we would set something out as long as it ensures that the cloud hanging over the economy is removed and that we lift the debt selling for a substantial period of time to make sure, the uncertainty that that creates doesn't continue to stay with us and that it still achiefs significant deficit reduction. that's not an ideal outcome, but this president made it clear he's not holding out for perfections, and he understands that no party to these negotiations will get everything he or she wants. >> bret: you say the president still thinks it's possible. why then did four months ago, did you say this. >> we believe we should move quickly to raise the debt limit and-- >> a clean bill is without tax revenues or anything, it's not big at all. >> bret, you know, that certainly the link between raising a debt ceiling and a deficit r
big in many ways is just as harded as doing something small. we've said we could fall short of that goal. it may not be achievable. we could in the aftermath fight for something significant and tax and entitlement reform. and we would set something out as long as it ensures that the cloud hanging over the economy is removed and that we lift the debt selling for a substantial period of time to make sure, the uncertainty that that creates doesn't continue to stay with us and that it still achiefs...
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two, we have as i said multiple opportunities to compromise and the idea, this big question of whether the president will veto it, the chief of staff says he will do it. we have a statement of administration policy that says he will do it. that doesn't matter. it won't get to the president's desk. there are 58 senators who said they would oppose the boehner bill, which makes it less popular than congressman ryan's budget, than the cut, cap and balance plan everyone knew was dead on arrival in the senate. we have to get rid of the political statements, the political games, and get something done. you just need house republicans be willing to do something other than say, as i read this morning, the boehner bill is take it or leave it, we will stick the default on the president. that's not the way we govern in this country. that's not the right thing to do. >> dan pfeiffer, thank you very much. the very latest from the white house. thanks for coming. >>> if the boehner bill does clear the house as is expected now, senate majority leader harry reid says the senate will vote on it tonight a
two, we have as i said multiple opportunities to compromise and the idea, this big question of whether the president will veto it, the chief of staff says he will do it. we have a statement of administration policy that says he will do it. that doesn't matter. it won't get to the president's desk. there are 58 senators who said they would oppose the boehner bill, which makes it less popular than congressman ryan's budget, than the cut, cap and balance plan everyone knew was dead on arrival in...
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if they're not, there's no chance for a big deal and i can tell you this. democrats are not going to go for something that says we have all these cuts that we'll put in the budget now and maybe we'll get revenues down the road, the ways and means committee or the finance committee will decide those down the road. leader reid issued a statement that i think sums up our view, that there has to be balance between cuts and revenues, and that balance should be in terms of dollars, in terms of specificity and in terms of timing. that pretty much sums up our position. >> there had been a previous position in previous talks that three to one would be a -- >> we're not saying -- there has to be balance. obviously we're not going to take $100 of cuts for $1 in revenues. but we're not specifying exactly what that balance should be. however, it's got to be some decent form of balance. >> does making a deal that does include entitlements including medicare take away a huge weapon from house democrats? as leader pelosi believes that she has a shot at 24 seats and getting
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these are big problems and we need a big solution. >> thank you very much. >>> and continuing the wyoming theme here. we go to pete williams the tsa has announced that it has put airlines and airports on notice of new intelligence suggesting terrorist groups may be considering surgically implanting explosive devices into passengers flying into the united states. pete well yams you know this area so well, but this is pretty stunning. >> this is no discussion of an actual plot or operation to do this. rather officials say an increased and serious discussion of how to do this to implant explosive devices into the abdomens or elsewhere on people. we're not talking about putting them in body cavities, but surgically implanting them? >> how do they detect it? use trace sners. >> that is the problem. they have notified airlines that fly into the u.s. from overseas. they notified airports from what those planes take off to be aware of this. what would happen is these folks would go up and say i recently have surgery i have to carry a syringe. the theory is the kind of construction they're talking
these are big problems and we need a big solution. >> thank you very much. >>> and continuing the wyoming theme here. we go to pete williams the tsa has announced that it has put airlines and airports on notice of new intelligence suggesting terrorist groups may be considering surgically implanting explosive devices into passengers flying into the united states. pete well yams you know this area so well, but this is pretty stunning. >> this is no discussion of an actual...
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could have a big impact on all of us. a lot of you are saying you're preparing for the worst. steve says i guess if you're a senior and rely on social security, you'd better make sure your bills are paid up. steven green suggests, learn to grow your own food and buy gold. john vega says as a retired air force person i'm saving up knowing i may not get my retirement check. according to mike schwartz, there's nothing the american public can do nor does it matter if we default on our debt our credit rating is finished and a american economy starts a sharp decline into history. you can reach me on facebook or twitter. >>> the nfl appears to be one step closer to ending a lockout what has dragged on since march. that's because the owners have approved a new deal. it looks like here's the statement from the nfl player's association we're expecting them to say if they're going to meet the deal. the statement says, player leadership is discussing the most recent written proposal with the nfl chin clouds a settlement agreement, de
could have a big impact on all of us. a lot of you are saying you're preparing for the worst. steve says i guess if you're a senior and rely on social security, you'd better make sure your bills are paid up. steven green suggests, learn to grow your own food and buy gold. john vega says as a retired air force person i'm saving up knowing i may not get my retirement check. according to mike schwartz, there's nothing the american public can do nor does it matter if we default on our debt our...
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the big question is how big of a health issue is this for her. clearly she lives a pretty aggressive lifestyle. she's out there campaigning, raising money, doing politics all the time. despite having the chronic headaches she's been quite active. if that's the case, i think it's a short-term story that's a minor inconvenience for her and probably won't have a big effect on her standing with conservatives. again, her appeal is her voting record. we had her putting a statement out today that she's not going to vote at all to lift the debt ceiling. that puts her on the far, far right of her party. there's a lot of tea party activists who love that fighting spirit out of her. i think that's one of the many reasons she's going to be a force for some time. >> jim, let me ask you, we had a republican nominee who had had multiple bouts with mel know na a very serious cancer. we had a vice presidential nominee who had four heart attacks. how does that compare with taking medicare for headache? a lot of women suffer from this condition and function quite w
the big question is how big of a health issue is this for her. clearly she lives a pretty aggressive lifestyle. she's out there campaigning, raising money, doing politics all the time. despite having the chronic headaches she's been quite active. if that's the case, i think it's a short-term story that's a minor inconvenience for her and probably won't have a big effect on her standing with conservatives. again, her appeal is her voting record. we had her putting a statement out today that...
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too big to fail. a look at the federal government that way some day. >>> and the criticism of president obama by boehner, may sounded like they took every jab the democrats made about republicans and turned it back at him. not very original, but it's part of the rhythm of what we're into right now. that's in the "sideshow." you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. you're gonna look so handsome once i get these little white pieces off you. how many do i have? more than you think. [ female announcer ] you can't pass mom's inspection with lots of pieces left behind. that's why there's charmin ultra strong. its diamondweave texture is soft and more durable versus the ultra rippled brand. so it holds up better for a more dependable clean. fewer pieces left behind. you sure clean up nice. yes i do. [ female announcer ] we all go. why not enjoy it a little more with charmin ultra strong? and to help feel fresh and clean, try charmin freshmates. >>> back to "hardball." now for the "sideshow" tonight. as the
too big to fail. a look at the federal government that way some day. >>> and the criticism of president obama by boehner, may sounded like they took every jab the democrats made about republicans and turned it back at him. not very original, but it's part of the rhythm of what we're into right now. that's in the "sideshow." you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. you're gonna look so handsome once i get these little white pieces off you. how many do i have? more...
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as long as he's still in, pawlenty's going for big headlines by going gaga. here he is with bloggers in iowa. >> what's your favorite lady gaga song? >> that's easy. >> "glory." >> "paparazzi." >> oh, yeah. >> in terms of the beat, i like "bad romance." i've got to say even though she's a little unusual "born this way" has appeal. she can sing. she's talented. if you had to limit the ar it'sic choices to just conservatives we wouldn't have c lot of choices. up with the volume, down with the weight. new natureluxe mousse mascara. easy breezy beautiful covergirl. [ tires squeal ] an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money to buy a car that's one model-year newer with 15,000 fewer miles on it. there's no other auto insurance product like it. better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual. it's a better policy that gets you a better car. call... or visit one of our local offices today, and we'll provide the coverage you need at the r
as long as he's still in, pawlenty's going for big headlines by going gaga. here he is with bloggers in iowa. >> what's your favorite lady gaga song? >> that's easy. >> "glory." >> "paparazzi." >> oh, yeah. >> in terms of the beat, i like "bad romance." i've got to say even though she's a little unusual "born this way" has appeal. she can sing. she's talented. if you had to limit the ar it'sic choices to just...
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>> i think any big story. forrer the purpose of process most stories start out with the reporter. and that reporter may be being asked by the news editor to go and investigate a story or they may have brought information about a story from their own contacts to the news editor. it is at that stage in a newspaper where the reporter and news editor discuss the voracity of the information, go out and check the allegations, and come back with a more considered view. you can imagine that every newspaper gets a lot of information to the news desk and only percentage very small percentage makes it actually to publication. there are many layers from reporter to assistant news editor to news editor. finally this story will go to the back bench which will be the people that will oversee the stopping of that story and the subwill often talk to the reporter directly with questions and amendments to the copy. the lawyers are involved at this stage throughout the process. and then finally the final decision on publication would be made by the editor where it is and how prominent it was. obvious
>> i think any big story. forrer the purpose of process most stories start out with the reporter. and that reporter may be being asked by the news editor to go and investigate a story or they may have brought information about a story from their own contacts to the news editor. it is at that stage in a newspaper where the reporter and news editor discuss the voracity of the information, go out and check the allegations, and come back with a more considered view. you can imagine that every...
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what are the big difference ? >> reporter: moments ago senator harry reid said speaker boehner's republican plan is dead on arrival in the senate. when you look at them on paper these plans are not that far apart. let's dig into the details. senator reid wants to cut spending by about 2.7 trillion. boehner wants to cut it by 1.2 trillion in the first bite but then come back later maybe with 1.8 trillion more. close together. the big difference is reid wants to have 2.4 trillion in more borrowing power. through the end of 2012. boehner just wants to do it through early 2012 for a trillion. so there would be less borrowing power. which would moon we would have this debate again in a few -- would mean we would have this debate again in a few months. both sides suggest that neither plan, even though they are not far apart they are not going anywhere. the question is should there be a third plan, a plan by the president? listen to what the president said last night. he never says call your congressman and support a spe
what are the big difference ? >> reporter: moments ago senator harry reid said speaker boehner's republican plan is dead on arrival in the senate. when you look at them on paper these plans are not that far apart. let's dig into the details. senator reid wants to cut spending by about 2.7 trillion. boehner wants to cut it by 1.2 trillion in the first bite but then come back later maybe with 1.8 trillion more. close together. the big difference is reid wants to have 2.4 trillion in more...
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too big to fail. a look at the federal government that way some day. >>> and the criticism of president obama by boehner, may have soin sounded like they took every jab at republicans and turned it back at him. that's in the "sideshow." you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. introducing the schwab mobile app. it's schwab at your fingertips wherever, whenever you want. one log in lets you monitor all of your balances and transfer between accounts, so your money can move as fast as you do. check out your portfolio, track the market with live updates. and execute trades anywhere and anytime the inspiration hits you. even deposit checks right from your phone. just take a picture, hit deposit and you're done. open an account today and put schwab mobile to work for you. this past year alone there was a 93% increase in cyber attacks. in financial transactions... on devices... in social interactions... and applications in the cloud. some companies are worried. some, not so much. thanks to a network that se
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there were some of notoriety in the big leagues. for every jackie robinson, there are many more dinks. and patrick hawkins knows this. her dad worked quietly into his 80s after a long career in the negro leagues. he died in '02 and he got a gave -- grave marker last summer. >> it was beautiful. everybody had stories. >> on the ballfield they were good enough to be called "monarchs." ♪ take me out to the ball game ♪ >> reporter: on these fields, finally they're good enough to be remembered for it! ron mott, nbc news, kansas city. >> what a great story to end on this tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us. >> we begin with some developing news tonight from yosemite national park. we are getting new information from our sister sfags inan d s fresn and sacramento about the search and rescue efforts that are happening as we ntspeak. here's a look now
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for years networks have been paying for big interview. they deny it, saying they're providing licensing fees for photos or videos, but it's a fig leaf and everyone knows it. abc news has been one of the worst offenders paying casey anthony $200,000 shortly before she was indicted in the murder of her young daughter and $10,000 to $15,000 to meagan broussard, one of her online pals. but this week i learned abc is getting out of the checkbook business under pressure from chris cuomo, who did the interview, the network is banning payments except perhaps in extraordinary circumstance. spokesman ben sherwood says the payments have become a crutch. will other networks follow suit or score more exclusives with abc out of the pay to play game? >>> here's what bothers me about the latest coverage of piers morgan. i don't have a clue if he had knowledge of phone hacking when he was the daily editor. but they've convicted him with very little evidence, such as when he was asked about the nasty down in the gutter stuff in a 2009 interview with bbc ra
for years networks have been paying for big interview. they deny it, saying they're providing licensing fees for photos or videos, but it's a fig leaf and everyone knows it. abc news has been one of the worst offenders paying casey anthony $200,000 shortly before she was indicted in the murder of her young daughter and $10,000 to $15,000 to meagan broussard, one of her online pals. but this week i learned abc is getting out of the checkbook business under pressure from chris cuomo, who did the...
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too big to fail. a look at the federal government that way some day. >>> and the criticism of president obama by boehner, may sounded like they took every jab at republicans and turned it back at him. not very original, but it's part of the rhythm of what we're into right now. that's in the "sideshow." you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. >>> back to "hardball." now for the "sideshow" tonight. as the debt ceiling debate continues to consume both congress and the white house you may have noticed something about the republican rhetoric. their accusations against president obama sound remarkably similar to what the president himself said angrily about the republicans. here's president obama last week on the gop's complete unwillingness to budge during negotiations. >> i think that, you know, one of the questions that the republican party's going have to have itself is, can they say yes to anything? >> and here's speaker boehner last night. >> unfortunately the president would not take yes for an ans
too big to fail. a look at the federal government that way some day. >>> and the criticism of president obama by boehner, may sounded like they took every jab at republicans and turned it back at him. not very original, but it's part of the rhythm of what we're into right now. that's in the "sideshow." you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. >>> back to "hardball." now for the "sideshow" tonight. as the debt ceiling debate continues to...
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how strong is the right wing here, how big is this pool of people that could produce such a person? >> that pool of people i would say is very, very limited. what we see here is a rather extreme single instance rather than something representative. >> reporter: the maximum punishment in norway for any crime is 21 years in prison. if convicted, the 32-year-old suspect will be back on the streets when he's 53 years old. the suspect's lawyers said that the suspect is willing to appear in court here in oslo on monday, and explain why he did it. and the lawyers said that the suspect will say that what he did was, quote, atrocious, but necessary. lester? >> martin fletcher in oslo tonight, thank you. norway hasn't known this kind of terror since world war ii. it's a place where gun violence is rare and bombings are virtually unheard of. now oslo takes its place in a long list of places forever scarred by large scale mass murder. tonight, michelle franzen with the survivors' stories. >> reporter: as the search for victims continues, a very different search is under way at the place where f
how strong is the right wing here, how big is this pool of people that could produce such a person? >> that pool of people i would say is very, very limited. what we see here is a rather extreme single instance rather than something representative. >> reporter: the maximum punishment in norway for any crime is 21 years in prison. if convicted, the 32-year-old suspect will be back on the streets when he's 53 years old. the suspect's lawyers said that the suspect is willing to appear...
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it gets better, it gets big. >> this is the fox nooks alert, a final house vote on speaker boehner's plan is set to happen shortly. keep it here. we'll bring you the live vote as it happens. hello, everybody. this is 5:00 on the east coast. this is "the five. we've got a lot to cover tonight. first an outrageous comparison in the "new york times" between the tea party and hezbollah. we have thomas friedman's shameless comments ahead. plus a 2012 round-up, and why michele bachmann is hoping rick perry doesn't throw his hat in the ring. and this, julia roberts banned in the uk. we'll they you why. those stories and much more. "the five" starts right now. we're waiting on the host to hold a final vote on the boehner plan. quickly the highlights of the plan. the plan will cut and cap discretionary spend buying $917 over the next ten years, and louvre the debt ceiling to rise by $900 billion immediately. but this one, very importantly, no new revenue, no tax increase. after the bill passes, which i think it probably will, the democrats have three options. they have cut, cap and balance al
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hear see some other part of it and realize that everything is ok if you don't i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. where we are. and. fuck fuck fuck fuck. let's not forget that we live in apartheid right. i think rocket bombing is even funny well. whatever government says there keep you safe get ready because if your freedom. well it's been called the jet that cannot be matched by any known or projected fighter aircraft from a little like the titanic's rhetoric and interestingly it's a little bit of a similar story we're talking about the f. twenty two but it was built the air force was raving about its capabilities however the f. twenty two hasn't been flying anywhere as of late at twenty two years it had a number of problems but recent reports say all of them have been grounded until further notice because of this latest thing get this anti-freeze propane oil fumes guess where those were found they were found in pilot's blood the air force figure this out when they noticed the pilots were acting weird they were acting drunk but this is really just the latest blow to the jeff that's been
hear see some other part of it and realize that everything is ok if you don't i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. where we are. and. fuck fuck fuck fuck. let's not forget that we live in apartheid right. i think rocket bombing is even funny well. whatever government says there keep you safe get ready because if your freedom. well it's been called the jet that cannot be matched by any known or projected fighter aircraft from a little like the titanic's rhetoric and interestingly it's a little...
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reform of the entitlements to get a package as big as what is required. we cannot be dealing with the package speaker's talking about $850 billion. we've got to have a package of at least $4 trillion at the end of the day. >> senator, if there's progress on these talks -- if there's some progress on these talks should the president sign a short-term deal, a brief extension while this comes together why this tries to gel? >> no. i don't think that's the first preference. that would create more uncertainty in the markets. i don't think that's the first preference. first preference is to get a process agreed to that getstous the big deal with a significant down payment. >> and with john boehner telling his caucus today get your you know what in line, he doesn't have the çvotes. he can't come up with 217 votes. how does this all come together? does something first have to start many the house or is there a way that harry reid's plan or some change expanded harry reid plan can begin to be seen in both houses? i'm not clear what the road map is. >> you know,
reform of the entitlements to get a package as big as what is required. we cannot be dealing with the package speaker's talking about $850 billion. we've got to have a package of at least $4 trillion at the end of the day. >> senator, if there's progress on these talks -- if there's some progress on these talks should the president sign a short-term deal, a brief extension while this comes together why this tries to gel? >> no. i don't think that's the first preference. that would...
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let's look for the big fix. the president says, luke, let's go for the big fix and now the republicans are going, wait a minute. what gives? luke. >> politics is the art of the possible. a lot of folks on capitol hill feel right now that a short-term solution is the only thing possible because of the eight-day time window that you mentioned. that being said, there are two very different plans which you talked about in the introduction which are going through capitol hill right now. speaker boehner plan is going to have an extension, which gets us through the wipter. i'm told that speaker boehner's going to brief his house republican conference at 2:00 p.m. about the details of that plan. won't get extremely specific. then for all intensive purposes it looks from discussions i've had with certain aides that you can see as early as wednesday a house of representatives votes on speaker boehner's plan. harry reid is going to go his own way with a $2.7 trillion reduction plan across the board. both of these contessa
let's look for the big fix. the president says, luke, let's go for the big fix and now the republicans are going, wait a minute. what gives? luke. >> politics is the art of the possible. a lot of folks on capitol hill feel right now that a short-term solution is the only thing possible because of the eight-day time window that you mentioned. that being said, there are two very different plans which you talked about in the introduction which are going through capitol hill right now....
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bidders abroad and their big breakthrough back. light on still want to update here on. the future covered. all right it is time for tonight's tool time award and it goes to you michele bachmann the minnesota congresswoman and two thousand and twelve presidential candidate is still refusing to answer questions about her husband's medical practice a few weeks ago you may recall it was exposed that marcus bachmann clinic uses what's called repairer to therapy use it on some patients it's a technique where the therapist tells patients they can quote pray away the gay any of those feelings they have to say a prayer they're gone now most medical organizations call the therapy hurtful and ineffective now since news about the pray the gay away therapy broke michele bachmann has dodged numerous questions on the issue on thursday she was asked again about repaired of therapy at the national press club right here in washington. but i am running for the presidency of the united states my husband is not running for the presidency neither are my children neither is our business neith
bidders abroad and their big breakthrough back. light on still want to update here on. the future covered. all right it is time for tonight's tool time award and it goes to you michele bachmann the minnesota congresswoman and two thousand and twelve presidential candidate is still refusing to answer questions about her husband's medical practice a few weeks ago you may recall it was exposed that marcus bachmann clinic uses what's called repairer to therapy use it on some patients it's a...
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they said, here's the big news. white voters are going toward republicans and minorities are going toward democrats. let me explain something to you. about this time out from the presidential election this starts to firm up. republicans always win white voters and democrats always win by much bigger margins minority voters. >> i don't think john mccain would agree with you on that. >> well, first of all, i don't agree with this poll -- i think he won bigger than two points, but he did win among whites. i think it was four points. but let's remember that obama took 60% of the hispanic vote and he took 98% of the black vote. the one guy that -- i'll give bush credit for this. the one guy who understood hispanic voters was george bush. they should are listened to him, because when they got in tancredo, the idiot that keeps running about building 14-foot walls on the border, drove hispanics away. >> i made a mistake earlier when i said the web beat mccain, not bush. this is a hard poll to believe in, because there are w
they said, here's the big news. white voters are going toward republicans and minorities are going toward democrats. let me explain something to you. about this time out from the presidential election this starts to firm up. republicans always win white voters and democrats always win by much bigger margins minority voters. >> i don't think john mccain would agree with you on that. >> well, first of all, i don't agree with this poll -- i think he won bigger than two points, but he...
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but there are two big things. most damaging of all, he was pressed several times on whether he had had any conversations with all of his various contacts and friends at rupert murdoch's company in the u.k. about a $12 billion attempt to buy out the reminder of bskyb, the big broadcaster over there. this was a deal that the british government has quasi-judicial authority to approve or deny. all he could say is he had no inappropriate conversations. he kept using that phrase. frankly, it didn't sound like the members of parliament really bought that line. the second thing, a really explosive claim, that someone in the senior government, a senior government official had been hacked and bugged while andy coulson was there. these kinds of allegations are -- they just keep cropping up every day and it doesn't look like this kind of statement or investigations are going to end any time soon. >> yeah, we could be early in the game at the moment. michael, i want to play some sound from yesterday's testimony, what we heard
but there are two big things. most damaging of all, he was pressed several times on whether he had had any conversations with all of his various contacts and friends at rupert murdoch's company in the u.k. about a $12 billion attempt to buy out the reminder of bskyb, the big broadcaster over there. this was a deal that the british government has quasi-judicial authority to approve or deny. all he could say is he had no inappropriate conversations. he kept using that phrase. frankly, it didn't...
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it's the big question. so many times during the last couple of weeks, the president tried to be olympian. above the sweat of the politicians. every time he tried to get up on the pedestal, john boehner in a gentlemanly way knocked it out from under him. come down here with the rest of us. he hasn't been able to beat this olympian figure. >> i was struck by the fact he used the attack of his opponent, actually said the words grand ambition for bigger government. i was struck by the president saying he didn't have such a grand ambition, and his opponents think he absolutely was. i was also struck by boehner and the president complimenting each other on the edges. >> make the point -- >> just that they're getting along this isn't personal, it's a deep policy divide. >> can i just say, he's winning this thing. i mean really, he is coming across as the most reasonable guy -- >> because? >> in a crazy city -- chris: how so? >> because he seems reasonable. when the president and -- when he says things like eat you
it's the big question. so many times during the last couple of weeks, the president tried to be olympian. above the sweat of the politicians. every time he tried to get up on the pedestal, john boehner in a gentlemanly way knocked it out from under him. come down here with the rest of us. he hasn't been able to beat this olympian figure. >> i was struck by the fact he used the attack of his opponent, actually said the words grand ambition for bigger government. i was struck by the...
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, he wanted the big deal, only one that wanted the big deal, pushed it to the end, didn't get the big deal, but he got the perception he wanted. now he doesn't have to deal with any of the political consequences of the big deal. that looks like a big win for the president, and it looks like a perfectly manipulated process by the president from beginning to end. >> lawrence, i really don't think this was stage craft. in this case, the perception is the reality, in other words, the president was willing to make the tough decisions. i was part of the biden negotiations, i remember when talk turned to trying to do something serious on the health care issue, we said you need to talk about these issues on the revenue side with the same degree of seriousness. that's when they walked out of those discussions. same thing, when they got to talking about really making sure the revenues were there at the end of the day, the speaker's caucus left him. look, i think what we'll find out at the end of the day here is that there was no enforceability to the republican's part of the bargain, but we wil
, he wanted the big deal, only one that wanted the big deal, pushed it to the end, didn't get the big deal, but he got the perception he wanted. now he doesn't have to deal with any of the political consequences of the big deal. that looks like a big win for the president, and it looks like a perfectly manipulated process by the president from beginning to end. >> lawrence, i really don't think this was stage craft. in this case, the perception is the reality, in other words, the...
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there's big battles over the budget. the democrats are getting push back because they went along with governor chris christie. they just slashed benefits for state employees. it's got to be a topic that come ups again if you're elected. how would you move forward on that knowing on the one hand you have state employees who want their benefits in the other, new jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation. >> we know we have the highest property taxes. with the governor slashing the communities it's raising the taxes in those communities. what we need to do is understand that i am 100% for collective bargaining. we fortunate have a situation where that grandfathers in and goes away. the future is now new jerseyians coming together making sure that we continue to push our good schools. we have great schools in jersey. my biggest thing is we have to strive to be the best. we're cutting women's services and all these areas. the reality is that's just passing it on to someone else. >> we were talking about why you chos
there's big battles over the budget. the democrats are getting push back because they went along with governor chris christie. they just slashed benefits for state employees. it's got to be a topic that come ups again if you're elected. how would you move forward on that knowing on the one hand you have state employees who want their benefits in the other, new jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation. >> we know we have the highest property taxes. with the governor slashing the...
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why has this become such a big deal? >> i think it's for the same reason you see in the credit agency comments from standard and poors and fitch and moody's, the underlying problem, the high levels of debt, record deficits must be addressed. even if we weren't having this discussion about to raise the debt ceiling or not, we would have to address this problem. this will have happened again at the end of september if it's not resolved here, that's when the continuing resolution ends for this year's funding. this is the underlying issue that has to be addressed. >> senator i wanted to play a little bit of the president's comments at la razza, we think maybe even the thunderstorms interrupted our coverage of that. this is what he had to say. he was very combative. he said we had to deal with taxes in some fashion. we can't deal with spending cuts alone. let me play a little bit for you. >> neither party is blameless for the decisions that led oour debt. but both party haves a responsibility to come together and solve the pr
why has this become such a big deal? >> i think it's for the same reason you see in the credit agency comments from standard and poors and fitch and moody's, the underlying problem, the high levels of debt, record deficits must be addressed. even if we weren't having this discussion about to raise the debt ceiling or not, we would have to address this problem. this will have happened again at the end of september if it's not resolved here, that's when the continuing resolution ends for...
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while giving huge tax breaks to big oil and the wealthy. we can't rebuild america if they tear down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. priorities usa action is responsible for the content purina cat chow helps you well-being. we're all striving for it. nurture it in your cat with a full family of excellent nutrition and helpful resources. purina cat chow. share a better life. challenge that with olay regenerist night elixir. its gentle glycolic formula resurfaces at night for the smooth skin of a light chemical peel. sleep tight. regenerist, from olay. keei switched to a complete multivitamin with more. only one a day women's 50+ advantage has ginkgo for memory and concentration, plus support for bone and breast health. a great addition to my routine. [ female announcer ] one a day women's. [ female announcer ] something unexpected to the world of multigrain... taste. ♪ delicious pringles multigrain. with a variety of flavors, multigrain pops with pringles. >>> well, smackdown on ca
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in a really big suitcase. maybe not that big. prison staff found the curled up inmate after they noticed that the woman was looking a little bit nervous and pulling -- is man is in prison for illegal weapons possession. >>> a very enterprising monkey in indonesia managed to catch himself on camera. a photographer in the jungle stepped away from his equipment and the monkey came to strike a pose. ended up with some decent self-portraits. the smiling one at the top was probably the most shocking to me. look at that one. joey chestnut does it again. the man known as jaws won his fifth title many the nathan's international hot dog eating contest yesterday. jaws polished off 62 dogs in ten minutes at the annual fourth of july event on coney island. not far away in manhattan. chestnut's archrival kobayashi who is banned from the contest because he will not sign an exclusive contest. he claims he put away 69 hot dogs. that was out of competition, it doesn't count. a lot of hot dogs consumed. >>> debt deadline congress has two weeks to r
in a really big suitcase. maybe not that big. prison staff found the curled up inmate after they noticed that the woman was looking a little bit nervous and pulling -- is man is in prison for illegal weapons possession. >>> a very enterprising monkey in indonesia managed to catch himself on camera. a photographer in the jungle stepped away from his equipment and the monkey came to strike a pose. ended up with some decent self-portraits. the smiling one at the top was probably the most...
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we're talking big money. and doing something on social security and medicaid. it could all easily collapse, but for the first time, you have the leader of the country and a principal legislators at least looking at the possibility of doing the right thing. >> but the leader of the country has to lead. he has not yet. even though we have had the rumors and leaks that he is prepared to look at and to discuss, that is language he has used for two -- "i am happy to discuss --" is that the discussion time. it is crunch time. why have we not heard one proposal from the president? what are you going to do on medicare? >> it is such a certain argument we are having here brought some of us, a few of us, one of us maybe -- [laughter] has an idea that i-he would come to this, -- the idea that he would come to this, "come into my parlor, said the spider to fly." the republicans had their heads handed to them politically -- i am not saying they are substantively wrong -- they tidies debt reductions -- to the reductions -- tied it these debt reductions to the debt limit. i d
we're talking big money. and doing something on social security and medicaid. it could all easily collapse, but for the first time, you have the leader of the country and a principal legislators at least looking at the possibility of doing the right thing. >> but the leader of the country has to lead. he has not yet. even though we have had the rumors and leaks that he is prepared to look at and to discuss, that is language he has used for two -- "i am happy to discuss --" is...
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i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast to coast. the big story right now the phone hacking scandal in great britain reaches the highest echelons of government. with prime minister david cameron facing cheers and jeers in an uncommon emergency session of the house of commons. >> i have an old fashioned view about innocent until proven guilty. >> prime minister david cameron addressing the house of commons. >> if it turns out andy coulson knew about the hacking at the news of the world he will not only have lied to me, but he would have lied to the police, to a select committee torque the press complaints commission, and of course, perjured himself in a court of law. >> former news of the world ed tore andy coulson was until january cameron's communications director. >> with 20/20 hindsight and all that has followed i would not have offered him the job and i expect that he wouldn't have taken it. >> coulson was arrested this month suspected of corruption in the u.s. voice mail hacking and police bribery scandal. >> you live and you le
i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast to coast. the big story right now the phone hacking scandal in great britain reaches the highest echelons of government. with prime minister david cameron facing cheers and jeers in an uncommon emergency session of the house of commons. >> i have an old fashioned view about innocent until proven guilty. >> prime minister david cameron addressing the house of commons. >> if it turns out andy coulson knew about the hacking at the...
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for democrats, the big divide will be over seoul's security. the administration has signaled some willingness to start addressing social security and may be cutting a program of debt and that is something that many rank-and-file democrats say is a nonstarter for them. >> medicare? >> that is something that a lot of democrats have objections to. they see it as something back and use -- be used effectively for the in the 2012 elections. people don't like those cuts of they are unwilling to give that up as a political weapon. >> what does that mean for getting some sort of deal out of the house? is the dynamic the same in the senate? >> it is fairly similar in both chambers right now. right now, they're walking a tight line. the more the republicans know that they need 50 or 60 democrats to pass it out of the house. the problem is not anything except they have to give up certain things and push more republicans away. the way to balance losing republicans looking democrats is very difficult for them. you see the minority leader nancy pelosi and ste
for democrats, the big divide will be over seoul's security. the administration has signaled some willingness to start addressing social security and may be cutting a program of debt and that is something that many rank-and-file democrats say is a nonstarter for them. >> medicare? >> that is something that a lot of democrats have objections to. they see it as something back and use -- be used effectively for the in the 2012 elections. people don't like those cuts of they are...
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and i'm a big fan, i'm from iowa originally. >> nice. >> yes. i'm an atheist and in zanesville, ohio, in 2008 you asserted that no organization receiving taxpayer funds would be able to discriminate in hiring or firing based on a person's religion. however, you have not rescinded the executive order that permits this type of discrimination. in a time of economic hardship when it's difficult for a person to get a job based on her skills, what would you say to a woman who has been denied employment because of her religion or lack of religious beliefs by a taxpayer-funded organization? >> well, this is a very difficult issue, but a more narrow one than i think might be implied. it's very straightforward that people shouldn't be discriminated against for race, gender, sexual orientation or religious affiliation. what has happened is, is that there has been a carve out, dating back to president clinton's presidency, for religious organizations in their hiring for particular purposes. and this is always a tricky part of the first amendment. on the one
and i'm a big fan, i'm from iowa originally. >> nice. >> yes. i'm an atheist and in zanesville, ohio, in 2008 you asserted that no organization receiving taxpayer funds would be able to discriminate in hiring or firing based on a person's religion. however, you have not rescinded the executive order that permits this type of discrimination. in a time of economic hardship when it's difficult for a person to get a job based on her skills, what would you say to a woman who has been...
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the republican party has to rethink is it in favor of big spending cuts? yes. and balancing the budget down the sfrood yes. but you have to look at revenues in some fashion. you cannot be that ideological. >> they have to show the ability to govern. at the end of the day it doesn't matter if they can win a political policy argument. >> we're debating their argument. we're debating how much to cut spending. >> but the trust in them governing is the issue now that they have to overcome. >> and one other thing. i really think that we are underestimating the reaction on the left progressive, whatever you want to call it. the progressive caucus, democrats are really angry at the president. >> where do they go though? it is interesting, normally you'd say maybe there will be a primary challenge, maybe there will be a draft russ feingold, bernie sanders. you couldn't see this show up in the president personally. there's this loyalty to him that he has that seems to bridge that divide between what are progressive elites versus the progressives in public opinion. >> lac
the republican party has to rethink is it in favor of big spending cuts? yes. and balancing the budget down the sfrood yes. but you have to look at revenues in some fashion. you cannot be that ideological. >> they have to show the ability to govern. at the end of the day it doesn't matter if they can win a political policy argument. >> we're debating their argument. we're debating how much to cut spending. >> but the trust in them governing is the issue now that they have to...
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can she get real support from big downers? another problem that's coming up, she's missing a lot of votes. she's a member of congress. where is she on the votes? she's missed 50 of 135 votes. >> she's made 50 votes, and a lot of competitors have not missed votes in a way she has. i think you combine that with the migraine stories, she's got to get in front of the issues and explain why she hasn't been on the floor of the congress especially as the country is facing a battle right now on capitol hill. >> well, we'll see where it goes. i mean, at this rate, her biggest contribution may be to stop sarah palin. >> if that's a contribution, i think some people will take it, al. >> i'll take it. let me ask you this. how does she regroup? do you think if she came out of the bubble and dealt with these questions straight up and forthright, she can recapture it? she had momentum going, and she has struck fear into the heart of tim pawlenty. >> they're fighting and -- >> there's a healthy tit for tat going between the two campaigns. the
can she get real support from big downers? another problem that's coming up, she's missing a lot of votes. she's a member of congress. where is she on the votes? she's missed 50 of 135 votes. >> she's made 50 votes, and a lot of competitors have not missed votes in a way she has. i think you combine that with the migraine stories, she's got to get in front of the issues and explain why she hasn't been on the floor of the congress especially as the country is facing a battle right now on...
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pundits, there are more people who think they know everything about everything, and that's one of the big differences. that doesn't dismiss or excuse what happened between that exchange that you showed on the tv, but consensus is absolutely essential if we're to move this country along. >> go ahead. >> i'm sorry, i'm a little disgusted and a little angry because i see what's going on every day. we have a situation where the capitol is fiddling itself while the nation capitol is fiddling itself while the nation is burning. grandpare generation, during crisis, during the great depression, we we talk about our grandparents' generation, during crisis, during the great depression, we built the hoover dam, empire state building. and here i see in my cities around america and mine, infrastructure's crumbling around us. in that generation, we said we're going to go to the moon and we're going to do math and science and make sure our kids are prepared to go there. what's happening right now? nations are passing us in droves. over eight different countries now have a higher proportion of students g
pundits, there are more people who think they know everything about everything, and that's one of the big differences. that doesn't dismiss or excuse what happened between that exchange that you showed on the tv, but consensus is absolutely essential if we're to move this country along. >> go ahead. >> i'm sorry, i'm a little disgusted and a little angry because i see what's going on every day. we have a situation where the capitol is fiddling itself while the nation capitol is...
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i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast to coast. the big story we're watching right now, debt, deficit, downgrade, deadlock. there's six more days until the august 2nd debt default deadline. really, does anybody think there's going to be a deal? >> it can pass the house and pass the senate. i hope the president will consider signing it into law. >> the speaker's proposal cannot pass the senate, will not reach the president's desk. >> another day, another delay as washington tries to come up with a debt deal. today's breaking news a bipartisan group did the math on both the duelling democratic and republican debt plans and both come up short on their projected savings goals. democrats put their bill on hold. while republicans scramble to rewrite theirs. >> things are very fluid. >> today's house vote tabled while gop leaders try to get reluctant freshman on board. >> i want a solution, not a deal. i don't think this goes far enough. >> does this keep us in the battle. >> john boehner has a group of people that believe their way is th
i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast to coast. the big story we're watching right now, debt, deficit, downgrade, deadlock. there's six more days until the august 2nd debt default deadline. really, does anybody think there's going to be a deal? >> it can pass the house and pass the senate. i hope the president will consider signing it into law. >> the speaker's proposal cannot pass the senate, will not reach the president's desk. >> another day, another delay as...
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you had the big headline. gigantic headline that said, first time ever, worst congress ever, first time, the 111th congress ever. the rating showed the most conservative democratic senator was to the left of the most liberal republican. there is now no overlap ideologically at all between the parties making this a dysfunctional congress. >> we always have boy boisterousness, but in the belly of the beast i haven't seen it this bad. we just don't have a center anymore. fundamentally, chuck what we have is parliamentary pard innocen partens. you have a minority republican party with the reins of power through the house. voting no on everything the president wants or does, leads to the embarrassment we're seeing now. >> and senator, were you from a conservative, ideologically, moderate to conservative center right stake being a democrat. almost forced politically to always be the person in the middle. that's not the case in the house. >> i think norm's right, check, in the sense there's no more large, healthy cen
you had the big headline. gigantic headline that said, first time ever, worst congress ever, first time, the 111th congress ever. the rating showed the most conservative democratic senator was to the left of the most liberal republican. there is now no overlap ideologically at all between the parties making this a dysfunctional congress. >> we always have boy boisterousness, but in the belly of the beast i haven't seen it this bad. we just don't have a center anymore. fundamentally, chuck...